Modeling Advertising Ads

Discussion in 'Modeling Tips' started by Joe Lovett, Dec 15, 2015.

  1. Joe Lovett

    Joe Lovett Member

    I recently have been following a thread about the Frisco Employee Magazine and saw some adds that I thought were very interesting. A sign on the side of a building or billboard would be great. If you think that it would make a good scene on your layout go to the employee magazine and pick a issue. The one I saw was for Phillips Petroleum in the March 1926 magazine and I would like to put it on the side of a building. Some of the others may go on billboards.

    Joe
     
  2. Joe Lovett

    Joe Lovett Member

    On a slightly different note, if you want to add the interior of a store, but don't want to go to all of the trouble that it could bring, take a photo of your favorite store and print it on clear or slightly glazed window film. It would possibly look better if you put lighting inside the building. If you want an older photo of a store you can do a google search. Here are two examples of how it may look like.

    Grocery Corner Store Markets 7 Up Pepsi Tobacco Kelloggs Ads Color ___.jpg

    Window Display - Grocery Store _ Explore misseka's photos on ___.jpg

    Joe
     
    Last edited: Dec 16, 2015
  3. Joe Lovett

    Joe Lovett Member

    I've finished loading photos in my advertising signs album. Several different businesses are represented and most are from the 1940s to 1950s. The photos below are just a sample of the album.

    United States Army Recruiting.jpg

    ouverture d un drive in de 180m2 en 1940 à proximité de los ___.jpg

    ___ ads from the backs of National Geographic magazines_ 1940s _ 1950s.jpg

    ___ 1940 s tins signs vintage harley davidson signs harley davidson ads.jpg

    Phillips Gas _ Oil Porcelain Sign - Primarily Petroliana Shop Talk.jpg

    Texas Special, Railroad, railways, choo choo trains, caboose, train ___.jpg

    Joe
     
  4. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Here are a few that I have. I left them as thumbnails.
     

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    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    More.
     

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    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    And again
     

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    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    More.
     

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  8. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    And ten more.
     

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    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Last of the big ones.
     

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  10. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    How about Burma Shave?
    Burma Shave1a.JPG Burma Shave1b.JPG Burma Shave1c.JPG Burma Shave1d.JPG Burma Shave1e.JPG Burma Shave1f.JPG
     
  11. klrwhizkid

    klrwhizkid Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    And for the folks in Southeast Missouri


    Gristo Feeds 2.jpg
     
  12. Joe Lovett

    Joe Lovett Member

    Thank you Keith for posting the ads.

    I like the 5 cent bottles of soda. Now they are 75 cents and in cans or plastic bottles. Some of the old ads are very interesting and reflect a more simple lifestyle.

    Joe
     
    Last edited: Dec 19, 2015
  13. meteor910

    meteor910 2009 Engineer of the Year Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    If you have a fairly long stretch of paved road on your layout, adding a series of Burma Shave signs would be classic. My family drove all around the Ozarks when I was a kid and the Burma Shave signs were posted on all the highways. We would read them aloud. Good memories.

    And then, there also was Pete's Cafe in Boonville, MO. They must have posted several thousands of those red diamond signs around the state. Many of them were placed four or five in a row following shortly after a Burma Shave series.

    Ken
     
    Last edited: Dec 19, 2015
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  14. FriscoCharlie

    FriscoCharlie Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

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